The federal government says the Benue-Kogi-Enugu highway construction will be completed by February 2028.
Speaking on Friday during an inspection of the project with journalists and the presidential media team, Mukaila Danlandi, federal controller of works in Benue, said the 250-kilometre road links the north-central and south-east.
“For ease of construction, the project is divided into five sections. We have sections one, two, three, four, and five. Four and five fall in Enugu state, while one, two, three fall in Benue state,” Danladi said.
“There is a slow pace of work due to the rainy season. We call it unfavourable weather conditions in construction because some activities cannot be carried out during the rainy season. That notwithstanding, we are still working. A lot of hydraulic structures are ongoing along the alignment.”
Tijani Olalekan, a representative of China Harbour Construction Company, the contractor handling the project,
